latexsym + german

[David Carlisle]

this isn't really an issue for tex-live as they can only distribute what is
on ctan.
You would have the same error in texlive 2022 so this is not new.
Neither german nor latexsym packages should be used on any documents
written for the last decade or so
german here is making " active, so breaks any following packages using hex
numbers, it just happens to be latexsym in this example.

As you say,

\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}

would be the normal 2e interface (and has been for 30 years)

David


On Tue, 16 Jan 2024 at 13:58, Teschl Gerald <gerald.teschl at univie.ac.at>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I noted that after upgrading to 2023 documents using german.sty and
> latexsym.sty do not compile:
>
> ---------
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{german}
> \usepackage{latexsym}
> \begin{document}
>
> \end{document}
> ---------
>
> ---------
> (/usr/local/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/tex/generic/german/german.sty
> v2.5e 1998-07-08
> Package: german 1998/07/08 v2.5e Support for writing german texts (br)
> \grmnU at D=\dimen141
> german -- \language number for Austrian undefined, default 33 used.
> )
> (/usr/local/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/latexsym.sty
> Package: latexsym 1998/08/17 v2.2e Standard LaTeX package (lasy symbols)
> \symlasy=\mathgroup4
> LaTeX Font Info:    Overwriting symbol font `lasy' in version `bold'
> (Font)                  U/lasy/m/n --> U/lasy/b/n on input line 52.
>
> /usr/local/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/latexsym.sty:59: Missing
> numb
> er, treated as zero.
> <to be read again>
>                    \protect
> l.59 ...reMathSymbol\mho     {\mathord}{lasy}{"30}
> ————
>
> I am aware that german.sty is outdated and replacing \usepackage{german}
> by \usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
> fixes the problem.
>
> Just figured I should let you know.
>
> Thanks for your time and effort!
>
> Gerald
>
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